This is a great recipe to do with the kids, my two girls love doing this and they always have clean plates! The bonus is – it’s healthy, you know what’s in it and you won’t have Jamie Oliver beating your door down!!! 

You will Need: - 

2 burger baps

2 cheese slices

Tomatoes

Cucumber

2 chicken breast fillets

4-5 slices of bread (crust removed)

Seasoning (salt, pepper, paprika, herbs of your choice)

Olive oil for frying

1 egg

Clingfilm

Chopping board

Rolling pin 

Method 

The kids can get involved at any stage you feel is appropriate.

First of all, use a hand blender to reduce your bread to ‘crumbs’ and then season it with herbs, salt, pepper and paprika (the seasoning is really down to your own preference). I use a ‘salad sprinkle’ in this as it has a mixture of dried herbs and garlic in it. 

Next – whisk an egg in a bowl and set to one side. 

Wrap a chicken breast very loosely in some cling film and then place it on the chopping board. This is now when you and the kids vent all those frustrations by whacking the hell out of it with the rolling pin!!! It will flatten and spread out like an escalope (about 1cm thick) 

Unwrap the fillet and then dunk it into your egg mixture, shake off the excess (gently) and then push it into the breadcrumbs. Turn it over to coat both sides (it sometimes helps to use a bit of pressure to make the breadcrumb mixture really stick). 

Repeat with the other fillet. 

Heat the oil in a frying pan and gently fry the chicken burgers, turning to brown both sides. This will take about 15 – 20 mins on a low to medium heat. 

Whilst the chicken is cooking – prepare the baps. Slice the cucumber and tomato and place in the bap with a cheese slice and sauce of your choice (I have mayo, my eldest has ketchup and my youngest has burger sauce).

When the chicken is cooked, cut it to fit the baps and put the excess on the plate as a couple of chicken nuggets. You can serve it with some oven chips, but it’s very filling on its own!! 

Yum!